Annex HOUSING MATTERS DISCUSSED AT DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEIR COMMITTEES (1 MARCH 1998 to 31 MAY 1998) Abbreviations : PDB Provisional District Board CAC CBC CILAC CWDC DFCC DHC DMC EAC EC EIC EIDDC EPC EWC HAC Community Affairs Committee Community Building Committee Commerce, Industry & Labour Affairs Committee City Works and Development Committee District Fight Crime Committee Development and Housing Committee District Management Committee Environmental Affairs Committee Environment Committee Environmental Improvement Committee Environmental Improvement and District Development Committee Environment & Planning Committee Education and Welfare Committee Housing Affairs Committee
- 2 - HC HDC HMC RC & SSC SSC SSC&IC SSPC TTC WGOETHP WGMMP WPC Housing Committee Housing and Development Committee Housing Matters Committee Recreation, Culture and Social Social Services Committee Social Service & Community Information Committee Social Services and Publicity Committee Traffic and Transport Committee Working Group on Old s and Temporary Housing Problems in Shamshuipo Working Group on Maintenance and Management Problems of Public Housing s in Shamshuipo Works Projects Committee
- 3 - District Date Meeting Matters Discussed HONG KONG Eastern 23.4.98 EIC Hawker problem in Siu Sai Wan 7.5.98 HC Guidelines on handling the tenancies and special flat allocation matters regarding domestic violence and battered cases in public housing estates Southern 9.3.98 EDC Slope maintenance responsibility for the TPS of Wah Kwai KOWLOON 18.5.98 TTC Zebra crosssing in Lei Tung Kwun Tong 24.3.98 HC Report on redevelopment progress in Kowloon East Region Progress Report on the rehousing work of the THAs in Kowloon Bay Progress Report in housing projects in Kwun Tong Security problems at Blocks 5 & 6, Lam Tin Proposal of development of Lam Tin Garden into HOS 7.4.98 PDB Pedestrian linkage between Lam Tin South Area and future Yau Tong MTR Station
- 4-29.5.98 HC Progress Report on the rehousing work of the Temporary Housing Areas in Kowloon Bay Progress Report in housing projects in Kwun Tong Report on redevelopment progress in Kowloon East Region Use of the site adjacent to Tak Lok House, Tak Tin Wong Tai Sin 24.3.98 HC Installation of air-conditioners in public housing estates Payment of government rent for offices of mutual aid committees Illegal squatter huts in Ha Yuen Leng Village Squatter activities at Diamond Hill 26.5.98 HC Request for constructing elevated pedestrian walkway in Choi Wan (II) and Choi Fai s Squatter activities at Diamond Hill Shamshuipo 19.3.98 HC Phase I Redevelopment of Shek Kip Mei Additional resources for speeding up redevelopment programme. 23.3.98 DFCC Security measures at Shek Kip Mei market and Lei Cheng Uk
- 5-16.4.98 PDB Conversion of PSPS/HOS to Rental Housing s in West Kowloon Reclamation (Northern Part) Suggested combined development for a USD market building and an adjacent PSPS site at Tung Chau Street 29.4.98 WGOETHP Re-tender of construction of infill site of Small Households Development (SHD) & Housing for Senior Citizen (HSC) at Pak Wan Street, Pak Tin Rehousing/relocation arrangement of elderly tenants opted for SHD & HSC at Pak Wan Street, Pak Tin Security arrangement, sanitation and maintenance in Blks 4-6, Pak Tin District Board Members request for installation of anti-mosquito mesh window 21.5.98 HC Antennae for mobile phone at roof tops of PH estate blocks Vacant flats in Tai Hang Tung old blocks Improvement on the complaint handling mechanism in estates and Housing Department Headquarters
- 6 - Conversion of PSPS/HOS site to Rental Housing sites in West Kowloon Reclamation (Northern Part). 27.5.98 DFCC Crime problem in Pak Tin NEW TERRITORIES Kwai Tsing 12.3.98 DB The future use of redevelopment site of Blocks 14, 15 and 12, 16, Shek Lei Demolition date of Chu Oi School in Shek Lei Overcrowding relief in estates Maintenance matters of Cheung On under the Tenants Purchase Scheme CARE Programme in Cheung Hong Tenants Purchase Scheme Slope maintenance of Yuet Lai Court Redevelopment matters of Shek Yam Formation of the Housing Authority CARE in Lai Yiu 14.4.98 HAC Inheritance right of second generation/change of H/H policy Hawkers control in public housing
- 7 - Tenant Purchase Scheme Security system in public housing Setting up temporary market at Block 1-13, Kwai Chung Ex gratia allowance to shop tenant in public rental housing Request for improvement on laundry design in Shek Tai House, Shek Lei Request for improvement in drainage design in small household units in Shek Tai House, Shek Lei 14.5.98 DB Debonded mosaic tiles on external walls on On Yam Rehousing matters for residents of Block 20, Tai Wo Hau Noise nuisance of Shek Lei Catholic Primary School Tsuen Wan 3.3.98 DB Discarded syringes in Lei Muk Shue 5.5.98 DB Illegal squatting activities at Tsuen Wan Ha Fa Shan 19.5.98 SS&CIC Reservation of flats in Lei Muk Shue Redevelopment Phase I for the families affected by the clearance of Kwai Shun and Kwai Lok Temporary Housing Areas
- 8 - Sha Tin 28.4.98 DHC Management of the passage between Sui Wo Court and KCR Fo Tan Station 29.5.98 DB Rent assistance for commercial tenants Tseung Kwan O 10.3.98 & 28.4.98 HMC Standardized management fee at King Ming Court Site settlement in On Ning Garden Maintenance in PSPS Courts irect Offer in Sha Kok Mei and Tseung Kwan O Temporary Housing Areas Construction of covered walkways in Tsui Lam Enforcement action against unauthorised installation of airconditioners in estates Sha Kok Mei Interim Housing Quality, management and maintenance in HOS courts 14.4.98 DB Site settlement affecting On Ning Garden Clearance of Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area 23.4.98 TTC Taxi stand in On Ning Garden Proposed extension of the lorry parking places along Tsui Lam Road
- 9 - Sightlines improvement at corner splay, junction of Ngan O Road & Pui Shing Road affected by existing hoarding structures of Wo Ming Court (under construction) Tuen Mun 3.3.98 & 5.5.98 DB Resettlement arrangements for San Fat Residents 24.3.98 SSC Upgrading of security system from type B to A in public rental housing 27.3.98 TTC Extension of bus stop near Hong Kong Bank in On Ting 27.3.98 & 21.5.98 CILAC Designated space inside public housing estates for commercial organization to advertise job vacancies 17.4.98 EIDDC Re-surfacing of the football pitch in Butterfly Removal of the scrub and debris between Oi Shun House of Yau Oi and the roundabout of Wang Chu Road 22.5.98 TTC Objection to surrender of open area for extension of bus terminus near Tai Hing Yuen Long 26.3.98 PBD Improvement to leaking pipes of Tin Yiu (1) Market & Carpark 24.3.98 PDB Major improvement porgrammes in public housing estates in Yuen Long District 1998/99
- 10 - Metal gateset striking plates of harmony blocks in estate in Tin Shui Wai CARE Programme 11.5.98 SC&PC Redevelopment of Yuen Long 18.5.98 Construction of additional ramps to facilitate the wheel-chair bounded residents Tai Po 13.3.98 EIC Flush water supply in Tai Po District Construction of a staircase running from Tsui Wo House, Tai Wo down to Lam Tsuen River was reported completed. Housing Department will bear the future maintenance cost. North 23.3.98 TTC Illegal parking of taxi stand in Tin Ping 25.5.98 TTC Traffic at taxi stand in Tin Ping